All Screen articles in 15 July 2005 – Page 2

  • News

    Australia's RGM launches $100m Singapore facility

    2005-07-14T00:00:00Z

    In a bid to strengthen itspresence in Asia, Australian production and talent management company RGM hasopened a new Singapore office armed with a US$100m media financing facilityopen to international film producers.RGM is looking to backmainly English-language projects with international potential. 'We are on the constantlookout for new materials. Through the ...

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    Locarno boasts 12 premieres in competition line-up

    2005-07-13T11:05:00Z

    LocarnoInternational Film Festival's Irene Bignardiis promising a journey into "uncharted territories"forher final year as artistic director with 12 world premieres in its 15-titlecompetition line-up of films.Whileadmitting that 2005 was "undoubtedly a complex and difficult year forinternational production", Bignardi told Screendaily.com that she"very happy that we discovered a number of films ...

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    Locarno boasts premieres from 'uncharted territories

    2005-07-13T11:00:00Z

    Cineasten der Gegenwart 9m2POUR DEUXby Joseph Cesarini, Jimmy Glasberg (France)L'ACCORDby Nicolas Wadimoff (Switzerland) ACTSOF MENby Kiko Goifman (Brazil) AMOURNEUTREby Pierre Coulibeuf (France) CARWASHby Pascal Rambert (France)CARTOGRAPHIE6 - VALLEE DE LA JEUNESSEby Fernand Melgar (Switzerland) CHEREJACQUELINEby Dominique de Rivaz (Switzerland) DELOOSVOBAJAby Damjan Kozole (Slovenia) EN LACAMAby Matias ...

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    Edinburgh celebrates British cinema with major premieres

    2005-07-13T10:40:00Z

    British cinema is alive andwell and flourishing in Edinburgh. That's the message from theprogramme of the 59th Edinburgh International Film Festival, launched thismorning. The fourth Festival under artisticdirector Shane Danielsen has one of the event's strongest line-ups of worldpremieres and star guests in recent years with British cinema stronglyfeatured. The ...

  • Reviews

    Guy X

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Dir: Saul Metzstein.UK-Can-Ice. 2005. 94mins.One would love to like afilm that was one of the few survivors from the British film funding crunch inFebruary 2004. But despite some enjoyable satire along the way, Guy X,the second feature from Scottish director Saul Metzstein, never adds up to thesum of its parts.Set ...

  • Reviews

    Festival

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Dir/scr: Annie Griffin.UK. 2005 107mins.Festival is a deceptive affair. Early on, as we're introduced to agallery of aspiring comedians and actors, Annie Griffin's debut feature looksset to turn into a grating celebration of the Edinburgh Festival (the largestarts festival in the world) in all its full carnivalesque glory. There issomething ...

  • News

    Solo Project Greenlight winner rounds out cast

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Veteran Australian actor Colin Friels is to star in Solo,the winner of Australia's Project Greenlight film-making competition.Friels,who has been in about 30 films, is taking the starring role of Barrett, anenforcer who wants to get out of working for a group of Sydney underworldbusinessmen known as The Gentlemen. BojanaNovakovic, Angie ...

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    Cannes festival names Residence directors

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    The Cannes Film Festival has announced the names of the sixdirectors who will take part in the next Residence film-making workshop. The 11thsession of the Residence, a four-and-a-half month workshop during whichfilmmakers are given room and board while fine-tuning their first or secondprojects and the chance to meet with industry ...

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    Irish producers lobby for RTE backing

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Irishproducer lobby group Screen Producers Ireland (SPI) has called on nationalbroadcaster RTE to invest more in local feature films.It told a parliamentary Committee on Communications todaythat it wants a fair deal with RTÉ on three issues: investment in indigenousfeature film, programme rights ownership; and guaranteed levels of indigenouslyproduced children's and ...

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    AFM organisers add a floor of offices at Le Merigot

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Citing an "overwhelming andearly response" to the end-of-year AFM in Santa Monica, market organisers haveadded a full floor of offices at Le Merigot Hotel.The AFM has traditionallyoccupied the lobby level in Le Merigot, which is located next to the LoewsSanta Monica Beach Hotel, however this year will see a 10% ...

  • News

    Capital, Sundance acquire domestic on Blue

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Capital Entertainment hasacquired North American rights to Ira Sach's Sundance American Dramatic GrandJury Prize winner Forty Shades Of Blue, while the Sundance Channel has taken US pay TV rights.Capital, a fledgling LosAngeles-based distributor, plans a New York release in September and SundanceChannel will broadcast in 2006 following the theatrical and ...

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    Locarno boasts 12 world premieres in main competition

    2005-07-13T00:00:00Z

    Locarno International FilmFestival's Irene Bignardi is promising a journey into "unchartedterritories"for her final year as artistic director with 12 worldpremieres in its 15-title competition line-up of films.While admitting that 2005was "undoubtedly a complex and difficult year for internationalproduction", Bignardi told ScreenDaily.com that she was "veryhappy that we discovered a number ...

  • News

    Guillermo del Toro enters the Labyrinth

    2005-07-12T22:15:00Z

    Mexicandirector Guillermo del Toro started shooting this week in Spain on his latestfeature, the Spanish-language Pan's Labyrinth.The filmblends fairy tale and realism in the story of a 13-year-old girl named Ofeliawho discovers the ruins of a labyrinth where a mysterious creature hails her asa long-awaited princess and puts her to ...

  • News

    Online piracy is widespread and threatens all films, says study

    2005-07-12T16:20:00Z

    Online piracyis more widespread and damaging to a wider range of films than generallybelieved, according to an independent study undertaken by the University ofAachen with the Partners 4 Management consultancy.The'Available for Download' (AfD) study analysed the online availabilityof 165 theatrical releases in German cinemas between November 2004 and March2005.Thefindings explode ...

  • News

    Online piracy is widespread and threatens all films, says study

    2005-07-12T16:20:00Z

    Online piracyis more widespread and damaging to a wider range of films than generallybelieved, according to an independent study undertaken by the University ofAachen with the Partners 4 Management consultancy.The'Available for Download' (AfD) study analysed the online availabilityof 165 theatrical releases in German cinemas between November 2004 and March2005.Thefindings explode ...

  • News

    Online piracy is widespread and threatens all films, says study

    2005-07-12T16:20:00Z

    Online piracyis more widespread and damaging to a wider range of films than generallybelieved, according to an independent study undertaken by the University ofAachen with the Partners 4 Management consultancy.The'Available for Download' (AfD) study analysed the online availabilityof 165 theatrical releases in German cinemas between November 2004 and March2005.Thefindings explode ...

  • News

    Tykwer and Chabrol among commission fund winners

    2005-07-12T15:45:00Z

    Newfeature films by Tom Tykwer and Claude Chabrol are among five projects backedwith a total of $1.35m (Euros 1.1m) by the German-French Funding Commission.The body isadministered by the German Federal Film Board (FFA) and France's CNC to promoteco-production between the two countries.Thelargest sum $317,000 (Euros 260,000) went to Tykwer's Perfume: ...

  • News

    Arthouse trend boosts declining Dutch box office

    2005-07-12T14:45:00Z

    Arthouseand specialist film is proving the bright spot in a declining Dutch market.Second-quarterfigures for the box office in the Netherlands were down 17.5% year-on-year. Theyhad already slipped by 15% in Q1.But it's a mixed picture with Hollywood blockbusters underperforming comparedto last year, while independent titles are finding new audiences."Theinterest in ...

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    German opposition pledges film support but no hope for Media Funds

    2005-07-12T01:00:00Z

    Germany'smedia funds in their present form will no longer be possible after the end of2005, according to election manifesto of the CDU/CSU opposition parties, widelytipped to form the next government.Butmeasures have been promised "to improve the general parameters for theGerman film industry in order to secure its internationalcompetitiveness."Inthe event of ...

  • News

    Pride, Shoes get gala world premieres at Toronto

    2005-07-12T00:00:00Z

    Joe Wright's Pride& Prejudice andCurtis Hanson's comedy-drama In Her Shoes will receive world premieres as gala presentations at theToronto International Film festival (TIFF), while and John Madden'slong-awaited stage adaptation Proof will receive its North American premiere as a gala after aworld premiere in Venice.Pride &Prejudice stars KeiraKnightley as a redoutable ...